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Adam Talib
Adam Talib is an award-winning translator of Arabic literature into English. His translations include The Hashish Waiter by Khairy Shalaby, Sarmada by Fadi Azzam, and The Dove’s Necklace by Raja Alem (a collaboration with Katharine Halls). He is currently translating Ahmed Awny’s 2018 novel, Some Achieve Greatness. […] Read more
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Gabriel Tatibouet-Sadki
Gabriel Tatibouet-Sadki studied anthropology at the university Paris-Nanterre and at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (Paris). He learned Arabic throughout his academic curriculum and conducted extended fieldwork in Kuwait. To further his learning, he also lived in […] Read more
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Katherine Van de Vate
Katherine Van de Vate translates modern Arabic literature. She holds a master’s degree in translation studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies. Her translations have appeared in Arablit Quarterly, Words without Borders, Asymptote, Y’alla, the Markaz Review, Sekka, […] Read more
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Nariman Youssef
Nariman Youssef is a Cairo-born, London-based literary and semi-freelance translator. She holds a master’s degree in Translation Studies from the University of Edinburgh, manages a small translation team at the British Library, and curates translation workshops with Shadow Heroes. Literary […] Read more
Reviewers
LEILA reviewers wrote the books and authors descriptions for the website and some of them translated samples of undertranslated books of the selection. They are Arabic literature specialists (academics, critics, writers, translators) and some of them were also part of the jury.